You can think of your life as being a little like knitting. When
you first begin, there is no shape to it, but you keep knitting with
some goal in mind—to make a sweater, a sock, or whatever.
Every stitch is like a thought that you add to the overall shape of
your life. Eventually, thoughts lead to action and the form will
emerge, if you can only keep your intent in mind. If you have
no clear vision, however, you will end up with a random pile of
knotted yarn.
Everything I have achieved in my life happened one stitch at
a time. I began with just one single student, and every step that
followed was like a carefully placed stitch. Eventually, my plan
began to emerge as a whole, just like a sweater takes form.
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